The galley proofs will go out any day now and after we have an opportunity to check for typos, errors, etc., it will go to the printer for publication. We now expect the book to be published in mid- to late-March.
As many of you are aware, Jindal has re-surfaced via his unsolicited endorsement of Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for the Republican presidential nomination. He made his endorsement right after Rubio made a strong showing in the Iowa caucus. Immediately after Jindal’s endorsement, however, Rubio fell flat in the New Hampshire primary. Was Jindal’s endorsement the kiss of death for Rubio? Who knows?
But now South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, like Jindal, an Indian-American, has endorsed Rubio on the eve of tomorrow’s Republican primary in that state. Her endorsement is expected to mean much more to Rubio than that of a washed-up Louisiana ex-governor who plunged his state into financial ruin while pursuing his own lost dream of becoming leader of the free world.
While Jindal’s apparent trolling for a vice-presidential spot on the Republican ticket has been thwarted by Gov. Haley, he can still hope for a cabinet appointment–probably Health and Human Resources or Education. It’s not likely he will land either spot; Rubio, after all, must first get the nomination and then get himself elected–both long shots in themselves.
Meanwhile, you may still pre-order your signed copy of the book by clicking on the image of the book cover at right and placing your order with Cavalier House Books of Denham Springs. The bookstore is only two blocks from my home and John Cavalier will summon me to the store when he gets the books in for me to sign copies that have been ordered. At last count, the store had 54 orders and the list is growing and I want to express my humble appreciation to those who have already ordered copies and for your support of local businesses as opposed to online orders. I believe that is important just as I believe a governor should stay home and give his attention to the state’s fiscal problems instead of gallivanting all over the country in a hopeless attempt at seeking higher office.
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Are you people actually going to whop down a tree to waste paper on that clown Jindal? Unbelievable!
Oh you’ve got your hands full in the Yellowhammer State. Don’t be worrying yourself with us in the Bayou State.
Right, Fredster. Didn’t ‘Bama allow Karl Rove to first steal the re-election of Alabama’s governor Don Siegelman and then frame him on bogus charges and now Siegelman is incarcerated in Oakdale? There have been numerous documentaries, including one by “60 Minutes” about the gross miscarriage of justice with Gov. Siegelman. Attorneys general in nearly every state have gone on record as supporting Siegelman. So, yes, Fredster, ol’ Roll Tide should maybe oughta worry about his own state.
That, by the way, is the subject of my next book project. I will be spending an extended period of time in Birmingham in the next couple of months conducting interviews and research in preparation for writing the book.
Yep Tom the Siegelman thing was very ugly from what I’ve gathered. And I’m not totally sure but as an aside, I think the federal judge in the case has had some issues of his own.
Yep, Mark Fuller.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fuller#Criticism
He was basically indicted for acting as governor while Democrat. He did exactly the same thing the previous Republican guv did but the Repub wasn’t prosecuted. It was about the same time the Bush admin was found to be replacing Dem Fed DA’s with Repubs. in which Rove appeared to be but was never proven to be involved. There’s been a lot written about it already. If he’s not already released, he should be close.
Oops, meant to add this-
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Don_Siegelman
No matter who the governor of the great state of Alabama is, if he ever even hints at no Tide football in autum, we ‘gonna show the dude the door! You people don’t support LSU the way we support The Tide or you’d do the same and never would have let Saban go to the Dolohins. Your governor better figure which side of the bread his butter is on. LSU fans may let this go once, but I bet he don’t ever do it again!!
#I Say Roll Tide
Here in Louisiana at least some of us an recognize the difference between the perpetrator and the messenger.
Jindal is the one who implemented Conservative/ALEC policies, massive Corporate Welfare, and tax cuts for the wealthy because that is what the oligarch’s propaganda machine convinced him and all the other Conservatives would “make” jobs. But all it did was make the rich richer. Another part of his malfeasance was pledging his allegiance to a Muslim, anarchist terrorist, Grover Norquist, rather than the constitutions of Louisiana and the USA. As we have seen from the need for mid year budget cuts virtually every year of his reign, he never really balanced the budget during the legislative session, and, because he was leaving office January 11, he REALLY didn’t balance it this year. And the legislature went along with almost all of his nonsense and still seem to be so brainwashed that they can’t accept fiscal reality when it is stomping them on their collective heads.
And by the way, the possible demise of LSU football was just a tool Edwards used to begin breaking through the Oligarch’s programming and bring legislators back to reality. There are also plenty of Louisiana citizens who recognize that our health, education of our young people, the economy, roads and the other state services are more important than football.
I never will understand why the legislators went along with this bill or the rest if Jindal’s foolishness.
Sent from my iPhone Ann Burgin
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I think you are talking about SAVE. The passage of that act proved, beyond a shadow of doubt, the power Jindal wielded over the legislature. It did so much harm on so many levels, it’s hard to know where to begin. Keep in mind, hard as it may be to believe, there is no hyperbole here.
John Bel Edwards has called SAVE preposterous. It was much more than that and It would been an even greater embarrassment for our state had it not seemed so much like satire. It was like the best The Onion could have come up with. Tom gave it great coverage, as did Bob Mann, and the late C. B. Forgotston. The ADVOCATE opined on it yesterday.
Opinions still differ on this, but, I firmly believe one group of legislators at least tried to expose SAVE for what it was before it passed. It almost restored my faith in the legislature, or at least in a group of 11 Republican legislators who sent Grover Norquist what many thought to be a spineless groveling letter, but I always thought was one of the slickest moves any group of legislators had made in a long time.
Their letter pointed out not just how ridiculous passage of SAVE would be, but how dangerous. They presented a much more rational way to pretend adherence to “the pledge” that our 280 IQ (or whatever the hell it is) governor should have been able to come up with in his sleep. I thought the letter was brilliant. It made SAVE, Norquist, and Jindal all look totally foolish and clearly revealed the sham Jindal was perpetrating on everybody. In the process of its passage, the leaders of our higher education system proved what true groveling was.
Ultimately, because of threatened funding cuts to higher education (that are now on the horizon again) the legislature passed this utter piece of garbage that would never stand up in court – if there is such a thing as justice and if anybody challenged it.
Like many other of Jindal’s actions, it may be another gift that keeps on giving even after its repeal – it may have personal income tax implications for parents if the IRS decides to take a hard line on it. Let’s all hope the IRS takes it for the joke it is.
Of the many embarrassments of the Jindal administration, SAVE took the blue ribbon. It made a mockery of our whole state, its government, its budget and its ability to fund higher education. I do not believe JBE would ever stoop to proposing such a thing as SAVE. Let’s all do our best to see it never passes if he does.
Poor Piyush. His endorsements are the kiss-o-death to any candidate and no, I don’t see any gobmint jobs on the immediate horizon for him
Besides, whattsamatta with a private sector job Bobby? You touted the benefits of that so much that surely someone could offer you a position.
You are right Fredster. His former commissioner of administration, Kristy “Kreme” Nichols, got a job in the private sector. It just so happens to be with the company with whom she convinced the legislature to approve a contract with to operate a charity hospital. By the way, a contract with 50 blank pages to be filled in later.
Another hospital contract with numerous blank pages?
Perusing the newspapers and listening to talk radio this week about the incredible dire financial situation the state is in, I believe it is just not fair if Jindal never lands in prison somehow for this debacle. The legislators ought to follow him as well. They WILLFULLY raped Louisiana over and over again. People have gone to prison for much less.
Many of us would be more than willing for the state to once again support jindal, as long as he wears an orange jumpsuit and has to endure whatever service cuts await those residing at Angola plantation. There are criminal penalties for malfeasance in office. not to mention outright fraud.
Yes, it is time for a new reality show, Orange is the New Black Down on the Bayou, starring none other than one Bobby Jindal.
Seriously, I sincerely hope that people with the relevant legal credentials are looking into Jindal’s tenure. JBE calls Jindal’s ineptitude “breathtaking.” Jindal should “absolutely” to use his favorite word, be held responsible, criminally responsible, if that is where the trail leads.
Bobby Jindal, should be in jail, along with those who aided and abetted him, the SAVE act was a lie, a mockery, the crowning glory of a totally corrupt administration, who blindly fell in line to support the ALEC, Americans for Prosperity agenda, they took a wrecking ball to our institutions, with malicious intent…..and we allowed it…… What does that say about us?
What is more bothersome Charmaine, is that some of the very same legislators who are now criticizing and opposing JBE, sat there and helped him do it. They talk about being an independent legislature now, they should have been “independent” then.
I finally had a chance to listen to your interview this morning but the link is gone… did it get pulled?